122 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 
Stud-book for Thoroughbreds, the official organization 
being the American Jockey Club. 
Literature. —Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart., Thoroughbred and 
Other Ponies; Horses Past and Present; Ridgeway, The Origin 
and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse, Cambridge (1905) ; 
Trevethan, The American Thoroughbred, New York (1905); Peer, 
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Stable Lore; United States Department of Agriculture, Nineteenth 
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AMERICAN SADDLE Horse. Plate IV. Fig. 20. 
By David Castleman 
136. The American Saddle horse, as its name indicates, 
is a saddle horse developed in America. While it is 
adapted first of all for saddle purposes, it has long since 
demonstrated its worth for light harness service. Its 
peculiar grace of motion and aptitude for the saddle gaits 
in their perfection, place it in the forefront of horses used 
for saddle work. 
137. History.— The American Saddle horse is the 
outgrowth of necessity. Before railroads were established 
in this country, and while traffic was by horseback over 
unbroken or almost impassable roads, there was a demand 
for a sure-footed, sturdy horse that could travel long dis- 
tances at a steady rate of speed, and at the same time 
carry a pack ora rider. Out of this need grew the Ameri- 
can Saddle horse, very crude and undeveloped at first, 
but to be gradually molded, as necessity changed, into the 
magnificent type as he stands to-day. 
_¢Virginia and the south Atlantic states had given much 
attention to racing, and at a very early date were breeders 
